On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 21:53 +0200, Daniel de Kok wrote:
I guess that it is not much of an issue anymore, now that VMWare Server is free. But the qemu-img route is fun, and easily scriptable.
Or, download any of the gazillion pre-installed 'appliance' images available at http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/ and elsewhere and if one doesn't meet your needs, install something else over it's disk just like you would a real machine.